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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Yilu Zhang, Northville, MI (US);
Mutasim A. Salman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ryan M. Edwards, Macomb, MI (US);
John J. Correia, Livonia, MI (US);
Mark J. Rychlinski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gary W Gantt, Jr., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Halasya Siva Subramania, Bangalore, IN;
Kyle L Lobes, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Yilu Zhang, Northville, MI (US);
Mutasim A. Salman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ryan M. Edwards, Macomb, MI (US);
John J. Correia, Livonia, MI (US);
Mark J. Rychlinski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gary W Gantt, Jr., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Halasya Siva Subramania, Bangalore, IN;
Kyle L Lobes, Shelby Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining the status of a vehicle battery to determine whether the battery may not have enough charge to start the vehicle. The method includes collecting data relating to the battery on the vehicle and collecting data relating to the battery at a remote back-office. Both the vehicle and the remote data center determine battery characteristics based on the collected data and the likelihood of a vehicle no-start condition, where the algorithm used at the remote back-office may be more sophisticated. The data collected at the remote back-office may include vehicle battery information transmitted wirelessly from the vehicle, and other information, such as temperature, battery reliability, miles that the vehicle has driven per day, ambient temperature, high content vehicle, etc. Both the vehicle and the remote back-office may determine the battery open circuit voltage.